I saw the manga for Zero no Tsukaima, and it's strange really. Usually the manga's are somewhat good or better than the anime or at least decent, but I saw the manga and I was like, "DOODLES!" well, not really doodles but it was weird and I didn't like it much. Nothing I really expected to be honest. This isn't the first time either, it was the same with Lucky Star... manga version, Konata wasn't very fun.

i think in zero no tsukaima case, manga came out after anime cause anime is base on light novel i think, and no manga are not light novel, light novel well i guess it's just like a novel... maybe lighter reading